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In this book, first published in 2003, categorical algebra is used to build a foundation for the study of geometry, analysis, and algebra. Starting with intuitive descriptions of mathematically and physically common phenomena, it leads up to a precise specification of the Category of Sets. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students.

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"...the categorical approach to mathematics has never been presented with greater conviction than it has in this book. The authors show that the use of categories in analyzing the set concept is not only natural, but inevitable." Mathematical Reviews
"To learn set theory this way means not having to relearn it later.... Recommended." Choice

Table of Contents
Foreword; 1. Abstract sets and mappings; 2. Sums, monomorphisms and parts; 3. Finite inverse limits; 4. Colimits, epimorphisms and the axiom of choice; 5. Mapping sets and exponentials; 6. Summary of the axioms and an example of variable sets; 7. Consequences and uses of exponentials; 8. More on power sets; 9. Introduction to variable sets; 10. Models of additional variation; Appendices; Bibliography.

Sets for Mathematics

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    A Hardback by F. William Lawvere, Robert Rosebrugh

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/20/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521804448, 978-0521804448
      ISBN10: 0521804442
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this book, first published in 2003, categorical algebra is used to build a foundation for the study of geometry, analysis, and algebra. Starting with intuitive descriptions of mathematically and physically common phenomena, it leads up to a precise specification of the Category of Sets. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students.

      Trade Review
      "...the categorical approach to mathematics has never been presented with greater conviction than it has in this book. The authors show that the use of categories in analyzing the set concept is not only natural, but inevitable." Mathematical Reviews
      "To learn set theory this way means not having to relearn it later.... Recommended." Choice

      Table of Contents
      Foreword; 1. Abstract sets and mappings; 2. Sums, monomorphisms and parts; 3. Finite inverse limits; 4. Colimits, epimorphisms and the axiom of choice; 5. Mapping sets and exponentials; 6. Summary of the axioms and an example of variable sets; 7. Consequences and uses of exponentials; 8. More on power sets; 9. Introduction to variable sets; 10. Models of additional variation; Appendices; Bibliography.

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